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doctrine of ineffective revocation.See DEPENDENT RELATIVE REVOCATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine of incontrovertible physical facts.See PHYSICAL-FACTS RULE. [Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine of illusory coverage.A rule requiring an insurance policy to be interpreted so that it is not merely a delusion to the insured. [Cases: Insurance    2090. C.J.S. Insurance § 58.] [Blacks Law 8th]

  doctrine  of  identification.Hist.  English  law.  The  rule  that  if  a  person  traveling  in  a conveyance  is  injured  in  an  accident that  occurs  because  of  someone  else’s  negligence,  and  the driver of the conveyance is contributorily negligent, the passenger cannot claim damages against the  tortfeasor  since  the  passenger  is  “identified”  with  the  contributorily  negligent  driver. …

doctrine  of  general average.Maritime law. A rule allowing a carrier to require cargo  owners and the shipowner to  contribute  pro rata to the cost of  protecting the ship and its cargo. [Cases: Shipping    186. C.J.S. Shipping §§ 458–459.] [Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine of finality.See FINALITY DOCTRINE. [Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine of estates.Hist. The rule that a person cannot own land, but can merely own an estate in it, authorizing the person to hold it for some period of time. • This doctrine answers the question of the duration of an estate. Cf. DOCTRINE OF TENURES. [Blacks Law 8th]

  doctrine  of  equivalents.Patents.  A  judicially  created  theory  for  finding  patent  infringement when  the  accused  process  or  product  falls  outside  the  literal  scope  of  the  patent  claims.  •  The doctrine evolved to prevent parties from evading liability for patent infringement by making trivial changes to avoid the literal language of the patent claims. Graver Tank…

  doctrine  of  entireties (en-tI-<<schwa>>r-teez).  In  customs law,  the  rule  that  when  an  entry consists  of  parts  that  assemble  to  form  an  article  different  from  any  of  the  parts,  the  proper classification will be of the whole article, rather than the individual components.[Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine of curative admissibility.A rule allowing a party to introduce otherwise inadmissible evidence to remove the prejudice caused by the improper admission of evidence that was offered by the  opposing  party.  • The  doctrine applies when a  motion to strike  cannot cure the  prejudice created by the adverse party. — Also termed curative-admissibility doctrine. [Cases:…